Meanwhile, VPASA has urged all stakeholders to play their part in restricting youth access to vaping products.
'For the past 15 years, e-cigarettes have not been regulated in South Africa. They can be sold anywhere and can be packaged in any manner.'Following alarming vaping trends among matriculants at affluent schools, industry experts are advocating for the speedy implementation of vaping regulations, despite manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of smoke-free vapour products in SA crying foul.
“There’s been a surge in Cape Town after a study was done between Grades 8 and 12 and they found within , 60% of them vaped within the first hour of waking up – that means they are addicted.“Teachers are concerned about vaping in schools. So it is a reality that it is a problem of child vaping.” “I’ve seen pupils do it on social media, after school, during break and it is clearly an addiction,” he said.“According to a study that I read recently, nicotine levels in the vaping liquids the pupils are inhaling are exceptionally high. This is because of the pleasant flavours vapes offer.
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